After several hours of exploration, he had basically searched the entire area around Bermuda.
There aren't any particularly rare things, but some things do exist.
For example, underwater pyramids, underwater docks, and even underwater mega-structure ruins.
For example, there were indeed many ships and fighter jets, and even human remains, etc.
But what do these facts prove?
The underwater world was completely silent, with no unusual energy fluctuations or signs of unusual activity.
Which bustling sea has no shipwrecks and no human deaths?
To be honest, when Gao Ang heard that this was Bermuda, he suddenly became interested and wanted to continue searching, or perhaps collect some souvenirs.
But at that moment, Chitose's message arrived:
"Sir, the last known location of the three monitors has been determined; it should be within the tunnel between Changming Island and Shanghai."
"Inside the tunnel?"
"Yes, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau has already sent people over. Aren't you going to take a look?"
"Of course we have to go! We need to find a way to completely pin the suspicion on that mastermind!"
Although he was curious about Bermuda, Gao Feng preferred to be a little selfish when it came to keeping his secret.
By the time they returned to Changying Island, it was already broad daylight in Dongguo.
After quickly washing up, Gao Ang drove his beat-up car to the nearest service area to the Changming Island tunnel entrance.
He has no law enforcement authority, so he can only see if there is someone he knows who can take him in for a stroll.
And believe it or not, there were indeed acquaintances among them.
However, it wasn't his senior brother Cao Kun, but Liu Zhuo, who was in the same group as him. He was the young man who had fought against Gao Ang in the ring before, and the guy who traveled all the way from Shanghai to handcuff him.
The idea that enemies meeting are bound to be extremely hostile did not apply to Gao Ang.
He even had to thank Liu Zhuo, who, along with Xu Qing, were essentially his tools, helping him complete his first attempt at self-whitewashing.
"Officer Liu, what a coincidence, we've run into each other again!"
Gao Ang adopted a very humble attitude and politely took the initiative to greet the other person.
Liu Zhuo was no fool either; he had witnessed firsthand the amazing aspects of Gao Yuan's abilities.
Even when something terrible happened at home, someone died—a foreigner no less—he always managed to escape unscathed, and the city bureau couldn't do anything about it.
According to his father, the authorities even sealed off the case.
The meaning of "sealed" is simple: as long as Gao Feng doesn't die, there's basically no chance of solving this case.
Liu Zhuo is not stupid, nor is he a second-generation cerebral palsy patient. On the contrary, he is a relatively intelligent person.
So after that, he gave up pursuing Xia Weiwei.
In his father's words, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, why only look in the Municipal Bureau? There aren't many beautiful women in the Municipal Bureau, why be hung up on just one?"
Moreover, his father had vaguely reminded him that the two of them were not a good match.
Therefore, both logically and emotionally, Li Zhuo's hostility towards Gao Yang was not so deep.
"Hello, Mr. Gao, what brings you here?"
Liu Zhuo looked Gao Gao up and down, unsure of what he meant.
"Oh, I came to ask you for a favor. There were a few people who were monitoring me, but they recently disappeared. I applied for investigation permissions on the surveillance cameras and found that this was the last place they disappeared, so I came to take a look."
"Is that so?"
Liu Zhuo was skeptical; the access to surveillance cameras wasn't something just anyone could do.
Although this guy seems to have a powerful background, he can't be that simple, right?
"Hey, would I lie to you? Here's what I'll do, how about I make a call and you talk to your boss?"
As Gao Ang was saying this, he had already instructed the Emperor to contact the general.
Chisai, mimicking a loud accent, briefly explained his purpose to the officer.
"That's it? You called me? It's no big deal... Your case will be handled by the Social Affairs Bureau from now on. If you have any problems, go directly to them. It's not appropriate for me to get involved. Someone will contact you later. You can talk to them about the details."
Sure enough, as soon as he hung up the phone, someone added him on WeChat.
My WeChat name is: Zhang Xiaoming...
"Social Intelligence Bureau? What kind of organization is that?"
Gao Ang asked Liu Zhuo a question.
Liu Zhuo raised an eyebrow, his heart pounding. Good heavens, you've gotten yourself into trouble with the Social Intelligence Bureau...
"The full name of the Social Security Intelligence Management and Investigation Bureau is the Social Security Intelligence Management and Investigation Bureau, which has no branches in various locations."
Ang Gao raised an eyebrow as well. Goodness, no branch offices, does that mean it reports directly to the higher-ups? Or is it some special department?
This was the first time he had heard of this name, but just from the full name, he could tell that this Social Intelligence Bureau was no ordinary organization.
"Does he have a lot of power?"
"...Bigger than us, bigger than the National Security Bureau..."
Gao Ang nodded. "So, in that case, it's like the Municipal Public Security Bureau plus the National Security Bureau or other departments?"
Liu Zhuo was frustrated again. He originally thought that even if the bald man's background was outrageous, it wouldn't be too outrageous.
But at this rate, this guy is about to fly!
"Hey, the phone."
Gao Ang made a voice call, briefly explained the situation, and then handed the phone to Liu Zhuo.
Liu Zhuo hummed and hawed for a while before respectfully hanging up the phone. After handing the phone back to Gao Ang, he said helplessly, "The comrades from the Social Affairs Bureau said you can come into the tunnel with them and you can also look at our files..."
Before Liu Zhuo could finish speaking, Gao Ang rolled up his sleeves and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's go!"
The two got into the same car, and Liu Zhuo drove with the siren on all the way to the cordoned-off scene.
"What did you find?"
"We didn't find anyone. These are the only places in this tunnel where people might be hiding."
Liu Zhuo pointed to the emergency exits and continued:
"We checked all the surveillance footage but couldn't find any trace of those people. After thinking it over, this is the only place that might be the location."
Most tunnels are connected by prefabricated pipes, so a certain amount of space is reserved at the connection points to facilitate subsequent maintenance and upkeep.
Because this tunnel is very long, there are dozens of such reserved spaces.
Liu Zhuo held the blueprints and gave Gao Ang a simple explanation.
"Are there any cameras in these designated spaces?"
"No, mainly because people don't usually stay in these places for long periods of time, so there's only a simple power supply system, nothing else."
Traffic in and out of the tunnel was brought under emergency control by the city authorities, and the original four lanes were reduced to two lanes.
Because it was the weekend, there were many vehicles coming and going, so there were an unusually large number of horns blaring.
"Does that mean we have to check these reserved spaces one by one?"
"Otherwise, the dumbest method is the most effective method."
"Can't we use police dogs?"
"The police dogs are useless. This tunnel is full of car exhaust fumes. Even with a ventilation system, the effectiveness of the police dogs will be greatly reduced."
Alright, since that's how it is, we'll just have to use the brute force method.
Gao Ang had seen the tunnel's design drawings, and there were 34 such reserved spaces in total.
The municipal bureau used a process of elimination. First, they eliminated the four at the beginning and end of the line, because the light was brightest at the beginning and end, and if these people had really been silenced, they wouldn't have been in such an obvious place.
Secondly, we ruled out the 14 cameras near traffic cameras, leaving 16 cameras.
The workload for investigating these 16 reserved spaces is not small.
Because it was an important case assigned by higher authorities, personnel from the tunnel management department also came to cooperate.
Ang Gao followed the staff into a reserved space, observed it carefully for a while, and then noticed something amiss:
Why are there stairs in here?
"Oh, this leads to the top of the tunnel. We're currently in the middle of the tunnel. There's also the upper and lower part," the worker explained to Gao Ang, handing him the blueprints. "The tunnel top has reserved spaces for smoke exhaust ducts, smoke vents, and jet fans; the middle section is the highway carriageway, with variable message signs, lighting, emergency broadcasting systems, cameras, water mist nozzles, and other equipment installed above the lanes; and there are reserved spaces for future rail transit below the lanes..."
Before he could finish speaking, Gao Ang interrupted him, "No, I see in your design that it seems like you can reach the ground from here?"
"Theoretically, it's possible. This reserved space also serves as an emergency exit. If unforeseen circumstances arise within the tunnel, requiring emergency evacuation, people inside can use this escape passage to reach the lower level of the tunnel and escape in an emergency..."
"So, there haven't been many people coming and going here lately, have there?"
Gao Feng then asked.
The staff member thought for a moment and replied, "We haven't been here much lately, but we used to come and do maintenance quite often during the flood season."
Gao Ang nodded. If it were during the flood season, those marks wouldn't be so obvious.
The three people who were monitoring him had only recently disappeared, and there was a relatively long gap between their disappearances.
Gao Ang took a walkie-talkie from a nearby investigator and shared the situation with Liu Zhuo, "Liu sir, it seems we're going to have a lot of work to do. Should you ask for permission to send more people?"
"Mr. Gao, to be honest, instead of me asking for instructions, it would be better if you made the request yourself..."
Gao Ang thought about it and agreed. The Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau only had a small number of people, and they also had to maintain public order, so they couldn't allocate too many personnel.
But he has Xiaoming as a classmate.
"Comrade Xiaoming, the situation is like this..."
After receiving Gao's message, Zhang Xiaoming's square face showed a hint of helplessness, but there was nothing he could do. In the end, he could only ask his superiors for help.
An hour later, a large group of people arrived, carrying various expensive and unfamiliar instruments.
"Shanghai Garrison Command..."
The officer in charge saluted Gao Ang, who nodded and briefly explained his request: "Thank you all for your hard work. This matter may involve a very dangerous criminal gang. We suspect that several people were silenced by the mastermind, and their last escape route may be here. So please search carefully to see if there are any suspicious footprints or... liquids, or charcoal ash."
The officer in charge frowned. "Liquid? Ash? You mean they might have been dissolved or burned?"
“We can’t rule it out, because their figures haven’t come out since they entered the tunnel, and the car and driver disappeared after they came out of the tunnel, so we can only conclude that the three people were left here,” Gao Ang pointed to the tunnel and continued, “It’s been almost half a month, without food or water, who can last that long?”
The officer nodded and began instructing his men to conduct the search.
Gao Ang wasn't idle either. After everyone had laid out their hands, he randomly entered a reserved space and went down the stairs.
He didn't have much useful information at hand; the body odor of those three people was basically useless.
All he could do was use his full strength to carefully analyze every detail of this nearly ten-kilometer-long tunnel.
In order to eliminate his abnormal side, he asked Zhang Xiaoming to find enough people.
In that way, he could pin his discovery on these people.
A squad was searching a reserved space when one of the members suddenly looked in a certain direction and said, "There seems to be something flashing here."
The group followed and discovered a small hole in the tunnel wall.
One of the team members fanned the hole twice with his hand, then leaned closer to sniff it. His expression suddenly changed several times. "Report, there's a situation."
Before long, Liu Zhuo, Gao Ang and others arrived.
"What's going on?"
"Have you found anything?"
“Report, there’s a hole here, and there’s an unusual smell coming from inside. I suspect it’s…” The team member hesitated for a moment before continuing, “I suspect it’s the smell of a mixture of strong acid and protein.”
Everyone was shocked. Liu Zhuo quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and asked the forensic doctor accompanying the team to come and conduct the test.
Gao Ang pulled the tunnel management staff aside, pointed to the opening, and asked, "Is it reasonable for there to be such an opening in this place?"
“That’s unreasonable,” the worker shook his head. “There’s no such design on the blueprints. And look,” the worker pointed to the area around the hole, “it’s obviously been corroded with chemical reagents. Who are these bastards? Don’t they know that this will damage the load-bearing capacity of the precast pipes?”
The staff member became increasingly angry as he looked at it, and with his hands on his hips, he unleashed a torrent of profanity.
"Damn it, whose son of a bitch is this? Why did he have to dig on top of the precast pipes? If you want to die, couldn't you have dug somewhere else?"
Gao Ang picked at his ear, waved behind him, and a team member came over and asked him to drag the comrade who was cursing away.
The main problem is that this guy might really be angry; his insults are getting increasingly vulgar.
Another reason is that Gao Ang didn't want ordinary people to see too many bloody scenes, such as the scene inside that cave...
Extracting the contents from this small hole will be quite difficult.
The opening was so small that it was just enough for an adult to squeeze through.
Moreover, the space inside is not large; at most, it's just big enough for one adult to lie down inside.
Furthermore, the opening cannot be enlarged to avoid causing any further damage to the tunnel pipes.
Several forensic doctors went in one after another to collect evidence. They had seen many disgusting scenes before, but two of them still vomited as soon as they came out...
It was sticky, messy, and had all sorts of strange smells fermenting in that small space...
And that's the body tissue of three adult men...
Because of the high level of attention from above, the city bureau's comparison results came out very quickly.
As expected, the three people who were monitoring Gao Feng were indeed the owners of the organization whose liquid in the small hole was almost vaporized.
Upon seeing this result, all parties realized that the problem was serious.
In Kyoto, however, Gao Feng's judgment became even more certain: the person monitoring him was the mastermind behind the Sword of Justice.
Gao Ang, on the other hand, was pondering a question: why did the people monitoring him want to silence them?
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau was racking their brains over a headless case: it wasn't a revenge killing, nor a crime of passion, and the method of the crime couldn't be determined...
That evening, Cao Kun returned to Gao's small courtyard.
"Is this case related to you?"
"It should be related, but I'm not a suspect. If you don't believe me, you can ask your superiors."
Gao Ang handed over a cup of tea.
“I didn’t say you were a suspect. Director Zhao already gave me instructions. I’m here to ask for your help. I heard from Xiao Liu that you also went into the tunnel with him?”
Cao Kun took the tea, took a sip, and then asked.
"That's right. My computer skills are pretty good. I found a clue that happened to match up with yours, so I went there. I was worried that you wouldn't have enough manpower, so I also found some helpers."
"So what are your thoughts on this modus operandi?"
Ang Gao looked up at his senior brother and said, "I have some ideas, but I think even if you know the method of the crime, you probably still won't be able to find the murderer."
Why?
"Because this murderer bypassed too many people. You know the Sword of Justice, right? I think the murderer is the mastermind behind the Sword of Justice."
Cao Kun was stunned. He had certainly heard of the Sword of Justice, and he even thought it was a righteous organization.
"That shouldn't be the case, right?"
"Why shouldn't it be like this? I didn't say that. You'll see, soon the higher-ups will take some action."
...
Sure enough, the very next day, the website for "Sword of Justice" was blocked in the East, resulting in a 404 error, meaning it was blocked by the Great Firewall...
However, the official explanation has not been provided.
Upon seeing this result, Cao Kun could only sigh helplessly. He had also received instructions from his superiors: the tunnel case should be classified as an unsolved case and investigated when the opportunity arises!
All materials related to the case have been transferred to Zhang Xiaoming of the Social Intelligence Bureau. This case is classified as top secret!
Zhang Xiaoming, carrying the information compiled by the Municipal Bureau, arrived at Changying Island.
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